Unscrupulous fuel retailers could take advantage of lower cost of kerosene to boost volumes.

A Kerosene pump attendant fills a container in Nyeri. [John Gathua, Standard]

In February last year, the retail price of kerosene was at par with that of diesel. But as fuel prices dipped in March due to reduced demand on account of the Covid-19 pandemic, kerosene seems to have dropped by a bigger margin.